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THE PEAR. 
uneven. Flesh greenish-white, exceedingly juicy, buttery, melt- 
ing with a rich vinous flavour, highly perfumed. October. 
Poire d’Abondance. Dub. 
Fruit above medium. Form oblong-pyriform. Neck thick. 
Colour pale yellow, with numerous russet dots, mottled and in- 
termingled with vermilion, and red on the sunny side. Flesh 
melting and juicy, with a sweet delicious flavour. Ripe middle 
of October. (Wilder in Hort.) 
Poire Rousselon. (Berckman’s.) 
Bousselon. 
Tree of medium vigor, grows well as a pyramid. Fruit me- 
dium, shaped like a Doyenne. Skin citron-yellow at maturity, 
dotted with russet, and highly coloured on the side of the sun. 
Flesh fine, half melting, sufficiently juicy, sugary, vinous, with 
an agreeable perfume. February. (An. Pom.) 
Poire des Chasseurs. Van Mons. 
A seedling of Van Mons. Fruit medium, pyriform, some- 
times depressed. Skin greenish-yellow, covered with minute 
dots, and a few patches of russet. Stalk long, enlarged at its 
junction, without depression. Calyx small, basin shallow. 
Flesh buttery, juicy, slightly granular, with a highly perfumed 
flavour, resembling Brown Beurre. October. 
Poire d’Avril. 
Tree a vigorous grower, both on pear and quince, very pro- 
ductive. 
Fruit large, roundish, angular, obtusely conic. Skin green- 
ish-yellow, slightly shaded and somewhat spotted with russet, 
and thickly covered with russet dots. Stalk long and curved, * 
inserted usually in a depression. Calyx closed, basin deep, and 
irregular. Flesh whitish, compact, coarse, granular, juicy, half- 
melting, sweet and agreeable ; a good baking pear, with some 
promise for the dessert. November to February. 
Poire de Lepine. 
De Lepine. Delepine. 
Tree of moderate growth, very productive. 
Fruit small, angular, oblate. Skin yellowish, shaded with 
crimson, slightly russeted. Stalk long, greatly enlarged at its 
junction to both fruit ,and branch; cavity broad and shallow 
Calyx small, open in a corrugated basin of little depth. Flesh 
coarse, granular, melting, juicy, with a brisk, vinous, perfumed 
flavour. November, December. 
